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Australian MPs plead with UK Govt to stop the Assange US extradition Australian MPs have made a last-ditch appeal to the UK Government to stop the US extradition of Julian Assange, as fears grow that the Australian WikiLeaks publisher would…

Xi Jinping: “It is unrealistic for one side to remodel the other… the planet Earth is big enough for the two countries to succeed.”   Joe Biden: “We will not leave our future vulnerable to the whims of those who do…

The announcement of what could be Julian Assange’s final hearings – on 20 and 21 February before the British High Court – has sparked a flurry of speculation about what could be the final fate of the now 52-year-old Australian…

Since the 4th of July holiday weekend, around sixty large hotels in Southern California, and especially in Los Angeles, have been affected by extensive strikes, mobile pickets and demonstrations. 32,000 workers (room maids, cooks, dishwashers, bartenders and receptionists) are trying…

Activists in cities across the United States will mobilize today to demand U.S. elected officials call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The U.S. stands alone in its seemingly unshakable support for the continuation of Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. On…

The protest took place hours before a Hanukkah event that was held at the White House on Monday evening. Chris Walker , TRUTHOUT December 12, 2023 A group of Jewish elders chained themselves to the White House gates on Monday, calling for the…

The self-styled masters of the world, the United States of America, yesterday vetoed another UN resolution calling for a “ceasefire” in Palestine, timetabled by the United Arab Emirates. “If adopted, the resolution would also have requested the immediate and unconditional…

For U.S. mass media, Henry Kissinger’s quip that “power is the ultimate aphrodisiac” rang true. Influential reporters and pundits often expressed their love for him. The media establishment kept swooning over one of the worst war criminals in modern history.…

Leticia Ortega de Ceballos lives 170 kilometres away from downtown Los Angeles (henceforth, LA). She told “Counter Punch” that she sleeps in her car so she can work two cleaning jobs: one at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, the other at…

Globalization has also brought about the regular consumerist  Black Friday, which fall on the day following the all-American holiday of Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November. Initially characterized by queues in front of shops which reduced prices due to…